The Alaska Redistricting Board unanimously approved the state’s final political map Monday after twice being found engaging in unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering.
In a landmark decision in April, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled explicitly for the first time that partisan gerrymandering runs afoul of the state constitution. The court had twice struck down political maps that attempted to give solidly Republican Eagle River more political representation with two Senate seats. An interim map that the court ordered to be used for last November’s general election kept Eagle River intact with one Senate seat. The board approved that version at its Monday meeting.